Shloka 35

Adhyāya 64: Dāna-prakāra—Suvarṇa, Pānīya-dāna, Ghṛta-dāna, and Upakaraṇa-dāna

Utility Gifts

Devanagari script

अथाहु: सर्वमेवैति भूयो<5र्धमिति निश्चय: । चतुर्थ मतमस्माकं मनो: श्रुत्वानुशासनम्‌,कुछ लोगोंका कहना है कि सारा पाप राजाको ही लगता है। दूसरे लोगोंका यह निश्चय है कि राजा आधे पापका भागी होता है। परंतु मनुका उपदेश सुनकर हमारा मत यही है कि राजाको उस पापका एक चतुर्थाश ही प्राप्त होता है

Transliteration

atha āhuḥ sarvam evaiti bhūyo 'rdham iti niścayaḥ | caturthaṁ matam asmākaṁ manoḥ śrutvānūśāsanam ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “Some declare that the entire burden of sin falls upon the king; others are convinced that the king bears more than half. But having heard Manu’s instruction, our own conclusion is this: the king receives only a fourth share of that sin.”

Word by Word

अथthen/now

आहुःthey say

सर्वम्all (entirely)

एवindeed/only

एतिgoes/comes (accrues)

भूयःagain; moreover

अर्धम्half

इतिthus (quotative)

निश्चयःdecision/conviction

चतुर्थम्a fourth (one-quarter)

मतम्opinion/view

अस्माकम्of us/our

मनुःManu

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

अनुशासनम्instruction/teaching

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Manu

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes